1977 Texas Rangers season 1977 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing second in the American League West with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses.Offseason On December 10, 1976, shortstop Danny Thompson died of leukemia. Thompson had played in 64 games for the Rangers in 1976.Notable transactions November 17 , 1976: Bert Campaneris was signed as a free agent by the Rangers. November 23 , 1976: Doyle Alexander was signed as a free agent by the Rangers. December 9, 1976: Jeff Burroughs was traded by the Rangers to the Atlanta Braves for Carl Morton , Adrian Devine , Ken Henderson , Dave May , Roger Moret , and $250,000. December 15, 1976: Dave Criscione was traded by the Rangers to the Baltimore Orioles for Bob Babcock . January 11 , 1977: Dave Righetti was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft . February 2, 1977: Fritz Peterson was released by the Rangers. February 5, 1977: The Rangers traded a player to be named later and cash to the Chicago Cubs for Darold Knowles . The Rangers completed the deal by sending Gene Clines to the Cubs on February 15. February 17, 1977: Brian Doyle , Greg Pryor and cash were traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Sandy Alomar .Regular season Eddie Stanky was drawn back into the major leagues as manager of the Rangers. After that day, he abruptly quit and left for Alabama, saying only that he was homesick.Season standings Record vs. opponents Opening Day starters Juan Beníquez Bert Blyleven Bert Campaneris Tom Grieve Mike Hargrove Toby Harrah Ken Henderson Jim Sundberg Claudell Washington Bump Wills Notable transactions April 1 , 1977: Carl Morton was released by the Rangers. April 12 , 1977: Steve Foucault was traded by the Rangers to the Detroit Tigers for Willie Horton . April 30, 1977: Mike Marshall was purchased by the Rangers from the Atlanta Braves. May 9 , 1977: Roy Howell was traded by the Rangers to the Toronto Blue Jays for Jim Mason , Steve Hargan and $200,000. May 23, 1977: Dave Moates was purchased from the Rangers by the New York Yankees. June 7 , 1977: John Butcher was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round of the secondary phase of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft . June 15 , 1977: Dock Ellis was purchased by the Rangers from the Oakland Athletics . June 15, 1977: Jim Fregosi was traded by the Rangers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ed Kirkpatrick .Roster Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played ; AB = At bats ; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 149 453 132 .291 6 65 1B 153 525 160 .305 18 69 2B 152 541 155 .287 9 62 3B 159 539 142 .263 27 87 SS 150 552 140 .254 5 46 LF 129 521 148 .284 12 68 CF 123 424 114 .269 10 50 RF 120 340 82 .241 7 42 DH 139 519 150 .289 15 75
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI 75 244 63 .258 5 23 79 236 53 .225 7 30 49 119 28 .235 4 15 39 96 32 .333 5 28 69 83 22 .265 1 11 23 67 16 .239 2 6 37 68 15 .221 0 5 36 55 12 .218 1 7 20 48 9 .188 0 3 25 32 7 .219 0 3 13 28 7 .250 1 5 11 26 8 .308 0 3 7 17 0 .000 0 0 17 6 2 .333 0 1 1 2 0 .000 0 0
Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched ; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average ; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 34 238 15 12 3.37 177 34 237 17 11 3.65 82 30 234.2 14 12 2.72 182 23 167.1 10 6 2.90 90 6 27.1 0 3 5.93 15
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average ; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 28 108.1 6 4 4.24 57 18 72.1 3 3 3.73 39 15 47.1 4 1 2.66 51 3 13 1 1 5.54 5 12 35.2 2 2 4.04 18 2 7 1 0 6.43 5
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 56 11 6 15 3.58 67 42 4 5 4 4.20 46 42 5 2 4 3.22 14 6 1 0 0 8.76 10 5 0 0 0 7.56 2 4 0 0 0 1.35 3 2 0 0 0 19.29 1
Awards and honors Jim Sundberg, Gold Glove , catcher, 1977 Juan Beníquez, Gold Glove, outfield, 1977All-Stars All-Star Game Bert Campaneris, reserveOther team leaders Stolen bases – Bump Wills Walks – Toby HarrahFarm system
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